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Project Title: <br />Preliminary Report on the Data Recovery Results at Site BK-2-062518 <br />as Part of Colowyo Coal Company's Collom Expansion Project, Moffatt <br />County, Colorado <br />Agency(-ies): <br />Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSMRE); <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS), and <br />Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) <br />Tetra Tech No.: <br />117-8108001 <br />Colowyo Mine <br />C-1981-019 <br />Permit <br />Location: <br />Site is within the northeast quarter of Section 21 of T4N, R93W, 6th <br />Principal Meridian (7.5' USGS quadrangle Axial, Colorado (2000)). <br />Landownership: <br />Privately Held <br />Abstract: <br />Tetra Tech conducted data recovery excavations for a prehistoric site <br />(Site BK-2-062518) discovered during ground stripping activities for a <br />culvert as part of the Collom Expansion Project (Project). The discovery <br />is being handled in accordance with Colowyo Coal Company's mine <br />permit Exhibit 5, Item 3-Cultural Resource Protection Plan and Exhibit 5, <br />Item 7. The data recovery excavations were conducted under a historic <br />properties treatment plan (HPTP) developed to mitigate the adverse <br />effects to the site caused by the project as determined by OSMRE, <br />DRMS, and OAHP which is contained in Exhibit 5, Item 10. <br />As stipulated in the HPTP, the following preliminary report presents the <br />field work results prior to formal laboratory and post-field analysis of the <br />recovered material. The presented information includes what was done, <br />why it was done, what was encountered, and initial impressions of the <br />recovered material. The report is to demonstrate to the OSMRE, DRMS, <br />and OAHP that the HPTP field work component has been completed, <br />information potential at the site has been exhausted, and Project <br />construction work can proceed at the locality. Further discoveries at the <br />location will be handled as outlined in Section 3.2.4 of the HPTP. <br />Per the HPTP, a comprehensive data recovery technical report will be <br />completed and submitted per the HPTP within six months. <br />